Boy Scout council says man was removed because he did not meet standards, practices

An Edmond bus driver has been arrested on charges of touching an 8-year-old boy and downloading child pornography

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An Edmond bus driver has been arrested on charges of touching an 8-year-old boy and downloading child pornography

An Edmond bus driver faces charges after police say he touched an 8-year-old inappropriately and had child pornography.

KOCO confirmed on Thursday that Scott Keith Jepson, who was arrested on Wednesday, was part of the Boy Scouts of America program. A spokesperson for the Boy Scouts of America Last Frontier Council sent us the following statement about Jepson and his involvement with the Scouts:

“While he was never accused of any inappropriate conduct in our program, we did remove Mr. Jepson in 2010 concerned about him meeting our standards and practices. The Last Frontier Council and the Boy Scouts of America will not tolerate behavior contrary to our demanding standards of conduct. We will not comment on his recent arrest only to say we are both saddened and troubled by the news.”

According to the new arrest warrant, Jepson is facing eight charges, including two counts of lewd acts to a child under 16, three counts of possessing child pornography and three counts of distributing child pornography.

According to the warrant, law enforcement officials found three explicit photos of children on Jepson’s phone via an email account. The photos contained four males who appeared to be juveniles, three exposing their genital areas and one exposing the buttocks.

The warrant also said that on three separate occasions, Jepson distributed the mentioned child pornography by sending the photos to other individuals via his email account.

KOCO also obtained a petition for protective order that was filed on June 17 by the mother of the eight-year-old accuser. However, the courts denied that protective order, according to an official document, because the mother’s allegations did not meet the definition of stalking.

The Edmond School District, where Jepson is a driver, told KOCO on Thursday that they are investigating this case, and that at this time, Jepson’s employment status is unchanged.